Aung San Suu Kyi © Chris Robinson

Show your support for Aung San Suu Kyi by attending a candlelight vigil for her at 5pm Wednesday 12 August at Martin Place.

Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced today to one-and-a-half years detention, by Burma's Military Dictatorship, in addition to her already 13 year long detention.

Aung San Suu Kyi was first placed under house arrest in 1989 and was subsequently charged with breaking the conditions of this illegal arrest after an uninvited US citizen allegedly visited her house. In effect, she has been prosecuted and sentenced because someone broke into her home.

Earlier this year the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention to be illegal under both international and Burmese law and her release has been demanded by the UN Security Council, Australia and the international community. Burma’s military dictators have refused to adhere.

The continued harassment and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi demonstrates the regime’s ambitions to silence Burma’s greatest hope: that of freedom, peace and national reconciliation.

This week Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscious Award.

Show support for Aung San Suu Kyi and Light a Candle at Martin Place 5 pm today.

If you are unable to attend, other easy and effective actions you can take include:

• Contacting your federal MP: state your concern about Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence and ask what the Australian government is doing about it.
• Sending Aung San Suu Kyi a birthday card: 19 June is Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, as well as Women in Burma Day. Show the people of Burma you support their struggle for democracy. c/- Burma Campaign Australia, Burma Office, Suite 6 Level 8, NSW Labor Council Building, 377-383 Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW 2000.
• Become a Burma Campaign Australia supporter: Burma Campaign Australia.

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